Opened 4 years ago
Last modified 3 years ago
#16304 closed bug
[DriveSetup] various issues — at Version 12
Reported by: | diver | Owned by: | stippi |
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Priority: | high | Milestone: | R1/beta4 |
Component: | Applications/DriveSetup | Version: | R1/beta2 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocked By: | #7930, #9108, #11641, #15634 | Blocking: | #12405 |
Platform: | All |
Description (last modified by )
In this video a user is very confused by DriveSetup and runs into all sorts of issues with it.
https://youtu.be/2jdmcLHU3Vw?t=266
Here are some of the issues I spotted:
Wording problems:
- <empty or unknown> should probably be renamed to Unallocated (done: hrev54869.
- it is not clear that "(Be File System)" in File system column means type and not actual file system (done: hrev54869).
Workflow problems:
- don't disable Format menu if a volume is mounted but can be unmounted (done: hrev54875)
- creating a bfs partition should format it to bfs at the same time (#15634)
- when creating a bfs partition Active partition flag is not set (https://youtu.be/2jdmcLHU3Vw) (#7930)
- Change parameters menu opens an error alert https://youtu.be/2jdmcLHU3Vw?t=416 (#11641)
Partitionning system problems (#9108):
- Intel Partition Map disappeared after reboot and became GPT instead (https://youtu.be/2jdmcLHU3Vw?t=1055)
- creating Partition Map recovered previous partitions instead of creating new layout (https://youtu.be/2jdmcLHU3Vw?t=1109)
Invalid:
creating a partition doesn't show "Active partition" checkbox (https://youtu.be/2jdmcLHU3Vw?t=493)it's expected, the drive was initialized with GPT which has no concept of "active partition"
Change History (12)
comment:1 by , 4 years ago
comment:2 by , 4 years ago
Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:3 by , 4 years ago
Priority: | normal → blocker |
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comment:4 by , 4 years ago
Drive Setup is a real important first step into Haiku. Fortunately this user made a video out of it. It is therefor a gift to have and to do it much better now...
Formatting a drive to run Haiku on it should be almost automatic. Something like use this drive for Haiku and install it autocratically Creating and formatting a drive to BFS and set it active by default! +1
comment:5 by , 4 years ago
Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:6 by , 4 years ago
Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:7 by , 4 years ago
Description: | modified (diff) |
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comment:8 by , 4 years ago
Blocking: | 12405 added |
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comment:9 by , 4 years ago
Blocked By: | 7930, 9108, 11641, 15634 added |
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comment:10 by , 4 years ago
Also it should be possible to change active partition of existing partition without reformatting.
comment:11 by , 4 years ago
It's supposed to be in the "change parameters" menu but it's broken currently (#11641)
comment:12 by , 4 years ago
Description: | modified (diff) |
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+1. This is implemented well in
discmgmt.msc
in Windows. Creating partition without formatting it have no meaning.